For more than three decades Edmonton Musical Theatre has exploded with the energy and pomp befitting a company enacting popular Broadway charts.

In this 35th landmark anniversary season, general manager Steffni Ault has taken the year-end showcase back to the company’s roots.

“It’s strictly a revue show. We’re doing music from beginning to end. We’ve had so much great music in 35 years and we thought it would be fun to touch on as many songs as possible,” she said.

There are a whopping 69 in total, however music director Randy Mueller has created a composite of themed medleys for a taste of this and a taste of that. Dipping into the extensive Broadway catalogue from past years, Mueller has adapted tunes from Gershwin, Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber to Bernstein, Jerome Lawrence and Leslie Bricuss, to name a few.

“Medleys are so interesting to listen to. They’re constantly changing. You hear a lot of variety and I love hearing how they tie into each other,” Ault said.

There’s a medley that salutes world-class cities in songs such as Baltimore, London is London, Buenos Aires and New York, New York.

In a romantic medley of love songs, the choir presents Tonight from West Side Story, Gershwin’s I’ve Got a Crush on You and Cole Porter’s Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered.

Mueller has also organized a huge movie medley that brings together The Lion King, The Wiz, Rocky Horror Show and Dick Tracy.

Using the semi-professional company’s trademark choral singers of 29 in the adult cast and 23 in the youth cast, Ault hopes to create a rippling wall of sound.

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